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Link love, if I send those guys some marquees I wonder if they’ll sign them edition.
Seamus Blackley’s new team of Atari coin-op superstars aim for iPad. See also: The Founding Fathers of Video Games.
Fibonacci Game Design: Tips From A Combat Designer.
From Colette Bennett, the beginner’s guide to Japanese drama.
The Confederate Constitution: What was changed, and why?
Downtown Vegas is gonna get interesting. Tony Hsieh’s new $350 million startup.
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Link love! All games edition, plus a really creepy story that kept me up last night.
Play this: Abobo’s Big Adventure, the Ultimate Tribute to the NES.
Bookmark this: Game Pitches, the repository for video game pitches and design documents.
Chad Concelmo writes lovingly on the joy of pinball.
Neo Geo Pocket Returns! New officially licensed portable device inclues 20 Neo Geo classics. It looks neat, but we want details! Details!
What if you died at 38 but no one found you for three years?
Filed under MLP | Comment (0)Mad Catz MLG Pro Circuit Controller review & comparison
Wherein the author reviews the newly released Mad Catz MLG Pro Circuit Controller and compares it to the OEM Microsoft Xbox Controller and the Razer Onza. The Playstation DUALSHOCK3 is also featured briefly.
In August of last year, Mad Catz announced a series of Major League Gaming branded accessories. While the MLG logo emblazoned FightStick was simply a Tournament stick with new decals, the other product announcement got gamers’ attention: a new controller design with customizable inserts, allowing users to configure the layout according to their own preferences, potentially freeing the gamer from the sloppy and inaccurate clutches of the Xbox 360 dpad (and to be honest, the dpad was 90% of the reason I ordered the MLG Pro Circuit Controller).
Last week, the new controller finally shipped, and I’ve got a few solid days of testing in. How does it stack up against the competition?
First Impressions
Like most of the offerings since the Great & Sudden Mad Catz Quality Turnaround, the MLG controller feels solid and well-built. With the controller packaged in a two-sided flip up container with display windows, the unboxing experience is pleasant, reminding one that yes, I really did just pay $99 for a third party game controller.
But whatever. Kudos on the nice presentation, but is it any good?
Filed under crap I buy, video games | Comments (4)Going dark against SOPA.
On January 18th, many sites across the internet will be going dark for 12 hours to protest SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect IP Act. This site will be taking part as well.
On that day, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be holding a hearing to examine the impact of DNS and search engine blocking on the Internet community and related industry. The Senate will be voting on PIPA on January 24th. See americancensorship.org for more information on these bills and how to get involved.
If you’ve got a WordPress blog and want to join in, I recommend installing the SOPA Blackout plugin. It’s dead simple to set up, replaces your content for the day, and spits out a 503 so that search engines don’t freak out.
Both SOPA and PIPA undermine the core structure of the Internet, and pave the way for even more nefarious uses of censorship in the future. Contact your representative, and help us defeat these bills!
Update: SOPA has been shelved! Unfortunately, PIPA is still moving forward, so we’re not quite there yet.
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The return of link love (and regular content!), two years later edition.
Hey look, Kotaku did a Total Recall featuring my Divers Dreamcast.
The Atari History Book just met its funding goals, but the Kickstarter campaign still has a week remaining. Go back it and help those guys write about our nerd history.
Oh, oh! The 2012 IGF Finalists were announced!
Practical advice on what to expect from your Tumblr.
Battle Royale is finally coming to Blu-Ray in March. Suck it, Hunger Games!
“Eels always look like they just told a joke and are waiting for a reaction.”
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